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founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

Also known as: Baron Pierre de Coubertin, Coubertin, Пьер де Кубертен, بيير دي كوبرتان, 피에르 드 쿠베르탱, ピエール・ド・クーベルタン

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